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The sickness

Ernesto Duran is convinced that he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness which he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr Andres Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him.

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  • "Ernesto Duran is convinced that he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness which he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr Andres Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him."@en
  • "Ernesto Duran is convinced that he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness which he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr Andres Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him."
  • ""Blood is a terrible gossip, it tells everything.". Dr. Miranda is faced with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has only a few weeks to live. He is also faced with a dilemma: How does one tell his father he is dying?. Ernesto Duran, a patient of Dr. Miranda's, is convinced he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria. The fixation, in turn, has its own creeping effect on Miranda's secretary, who cannot, despite her best intentions, re."@en
  • ""Dr. Miranda is coming to terms with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and has only a few weeks to live. And yet the doctor--the son--finds it impossible to tell him. Ernesto Duran is convinced he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr. Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him. The fixation has its own creeping effect on Miranda's secretary, who cannot, despite her best intentions, resist becoming involved. The nature of sickness as experienced by two individuals--one a doctor who is no stranger to death, the other a man sick with anxiety and torment--provides the backbone to this tender, thoughtful and refined novel. The Sickness is profound and philosophical, and yet written with an agility that expresses the tragedy, but also the comedy of life itself"--"
  • ""Dr. Miranda is coming to terms with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and has only a few weeks to live. And yet the doctor--the son--finds it impossible to tell him. Ernesto Duran is convinced he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr. Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him. The fixation has its own creeping effect on Miranda's secretary, who cannot, despite her best intentions, resist becoming involved. The nature of sickness as experienced by two individuals--one a doctor who is no stranger to death, the other a man sick with anxiety and torment--provides the backbone to this tender, thoughtful and refined novel. The Sickness is profound and philosophical, and yet written with an agility that expresses the tragedy, but also the comedy of life itself"--"@en
  • ""Dr. Miranda is coming to terms with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and has only a few weeks to live. And yet the doctor--the son--finds it impossible to tell him. Ernesto Duran is convinced he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr. Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Duran resolves to stalk him. The fixation has its own creeping effect on Miranda's secretary, who cannot, despite her best intentions, resist becoming involved. The nature of sickness as experienced by two individuals--one a doctor who is no stranger to death, the other a man sick with anxiety and torment--provides the backbone to this tender, thoughtful and refined novel. The Sickness is profound and philosophical, and yet written with an agility that expresses the tragedy, but also the comedy of life itself"--Publisher."@en
  • "Le docteur Andrés Miranda est un cancérologue vénézuélien qui soutient qu'il ne faut pas cacher la vérité aux patients. Mais quand il découvre que son père est atteint d'un cancer du foie incurable, il n'arrive pas à lui faire part de son pronostic. Enfant, son père avait choisi de l'emmener en vacances dans les Caraïbes pour lui annoncer la mort de sa mère. Andrés décide de faire de même.--[Memento]."

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  • "Translations"@en
  • "Littérature hispano-américaine"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en

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  • "La maladie : roman"
  • "La Enfermedad"
  • "De verloren patiënten van dokter Andrés Miranda"
  • "La malattia"
  • "La malattia"@it
  • "La enfermedad"
  • "La enfermedad"@es
  • "The sickness"@en
  • "The sickness"
  • "La enfermedad : [Premio Herralde de Novela]"

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